On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 03:38:03PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
Hello,
In trying to correctly and clearly word some gdb comments (and yes ok,
and internal doco), I'm left wondering if we should `newspeak' some
terminology here and use the word `inferior' instead of `target'.
The problem with `target' is that it is totally overloaded. The
configuration target, the running target the target architecture, ....
Hence, when refering to an instance of the program being debugged, the
word `inferior' should be used. Of course, this would mean that `core'
becomes an inferior (...).
I've always used inferior only for a running target, generally a
ptraced one locally. But that's just my usage.
I'm with Kevin - I don't like either inferior or target. I'd suggest
punting to debugee but it's too cumbersome.
Not being in common use doesn't rule out GDB adopting it. That is what
good documentation (and a glosary) is for :-) (Debug engineers aren't
exactly lying about on the ground so I'd not be suprized if its use
wasn't common. Perhaphs other debugers have other terms.